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UKRI-5713 SANDALS II Vacuum Vessel for STFC

No classification published
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£400,000
Submission deadline 15 May 2026, 14:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI): "UKRI-5713 SANDALS II Vacuum Vessel for STFC". Published status: complete. Published value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 May 2026, 14:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
15 May 2026, 14:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£400,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.4Bids / Report
11.8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
CPC Project Services LimitedTop vendor: 41.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 2273 active published awards; 34 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
CPC Project Services Limited1 win£16,000,000
Air Liquide Advanced Technologies1 win£15,138,407
PROFUSION MEDIA LTD1 win£2,410,149
QA LIMITED1 win£1,944,773
Convergence Group1 win£824,052
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
Last source update18 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067f17
What is being bought
UKRI-5713 SANDALS II Vacuum Vessel tender is to deliver One SANDALS II Vacuum Vessel Assembly to upgrade the current SANDALS instrument, as part of the ISIS Endeavour Programme. This significant upgrade is made to expand its user base into new research areas in the fields of structural biology, macromolecular chemistry and functional materials. Please refer to the tender pack attached in the eSourcing portal for the full specification, contract terms and related documents.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    18 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    18 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    18 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    18 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    20 Apr 2026, 10:05 BST
  6. Submission deadline changed to 15 May 2026, 14:00 BST
    20 Apr 2026, 10:05 BST
  7. Published value updated to £400,000
    9 Apr 2026, 14:12 BST
  8. Status changed to active
    9 Apr 2026, 14:12 BST
  9. Official notice release published
    9 Apr 2026, 14:12 BST
  10. Submission deadline changed to 6 May 2026, 14:00 BST
    9 Apr 2026, 14:12 BST
  11. Buyer information updated
    9 Apr 2026, 14:12 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    18 Jun 2026, 16:23 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    15 May 2026, 14:00 BST
  3. Award pending
    18 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £395,240
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Cadinox SA
£395,240 · 18 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statistics
bids: 7 (lot 1)
finalStageBids: 7 (lot 1)
smeFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1)
vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDQJ-7126-JDHG
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  • UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG
    Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, UKK14, SN2 1FL, GB
    stfcprocurement@ukri.org

  • Cadinox SA
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PPMM-2377-XLCP
    ol. Ind. Okobio 32 – 20491 BELAUNTZA Gipuzkoa. Spain, Gipuzkoa, ES, 20491, ES
    cadinox@cadinox.com
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